We are *not* guaranteed that anything past the terminating NUL
is mapped (let alone initialized with anything sane).
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
---
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol-v1.c b/mm/memcontrol-v1.c
index 2aeea4d8bf8e..417c96f2da28 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol-v1.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol-v1.c
@@ -1842,9 +1842,12 @@ static ssize_t memcg_write_event_control(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
buf = endp + 1;
cfd = simple_strtoul(buf, &endp, 10);
- if ((*endp != ' ') && (*endp != '\0'))
+ if (*endp == '\0')
+ buf = endp;
+ else if (*endp == ' ')
+ buf = endp + 1;
+ else
return -EINVAL;
- buf = endp + 1;
event = kzalloc(sizeof(*event), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!event)
On Fri 26-07-24 06:43:57, Al Viro wrote:
> We are *not* guaranteed that anything past the terminating NUL
> is mapped (let alone initialized with anything sane).
>
Fixes: 0dea116876ee ("cgroup: implement eventfd-based generic API for notifications")
> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
> ---
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol-v1.c b/mm/memcontrol-v1.c
> index 2aeea4d8bf8e..417c96f2da28 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol-v1.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol-v1.c
> @@ -1842,9 +1842,12 @@ static ssize_t memcg_write_event_control(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
> buf = endp + 1;
>
> cfd = simple_strtoul(buf, &endp, 10);
> - if ((*endp != ' ') && (*endp != '\0'))
> + if (*endp == '\0')
> + buf = endp;
> + else if (*endp == ' ')
> + buf = endp + 1;
> + else
> return -EINVAL;
> - buf = endp + 1;
>
> event = kzalloc(sizeof(*event), GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!event)
--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
On Fri 26-07-24 09:06:59, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Fri 26-07-24 06:43:57, Al Viro wrote:
> > We are *not* guaranteed that anything past the terminating NUL
> > is mapped (let alone initialized with anything sane).
> >
>
> Fixes: 0dea116876ee ("cgroup: implement eventfd-based generic API for notifications")
>
> > Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
>
> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Btw. this should be
Cc: stable
>
> > ---
> > diff --git a/mm/memcontrol-v1.c b/mm/memcontrol-v1.c
> > index 2aeea4d8bf8e..417c96f2da28 100644
> > --- a/mm/memcontrol-v1.c
> > +++ b/mm/memcontrol-v1.c
> > @@ -1842,9 +1842,12 @@ static ssize_t memcg_write_event_control(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
> > buf = endp + 1;
> >
> > cfd = simple_strtoul(buf, &endp, 10);
> > - if ((*endp != ' ') && (*endp != '\0'))
> > + if (*endp == '\0')
> > + buf = endp;
> > + else if (*endp == ' ')
> > + buf = endp + 1;
> > + else
> > return -EINVAL;
> > - buf = endp + 1;
> >
> > event = kzalloc(sizeof(*event), GFP_KERNEL);
> > if (!event)
>
> --
> Michal Hocko
> SUSE Labs
--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
On Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 09:13:00AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Fri 26-07-24 09:06:59, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > On Fri 26-07-24 06:43:57, Al Viro wrote:
> > > We are *not* guaranteed that anything past the terminating NUL
> > > is mapped (let alone initialized with anything sane).
> > >
> >
> > Fixes: 0dea116876ee ("cgroup: implement eventfd-based generic API for notifications")
> >
> > > Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
> >
> > Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
>
> Btw. this should be
> Cc: stable
Point, except that for -stable it needs to be applied to mm/memcontrol.c
instead...
On Fri 26-07-24 08:48:04, Al Viro wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 09:13:00AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > On Fri 26-07-24 09:06:59, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > On Fri 26-07-24 06:43:57, Al Viro wrote:
> > > > We are *not* guaranteed that anything past the terminating NUL
> > > > is mapped (let alone initialized with anything sane).
> > > >
> > >
> > > Fixes: 0dea116876ee ("cgroup: implement eventfd-based generic API for notifications")
> > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
> > >
> > > Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
> >
> > Btw. this should be
> > Cc: stable
>
> Point, except that for -stable it needs to be applied to mm/memcontrol.c
> instead...
Correct. And if anybody wants to backport to pre 3.14 then to
kernel/cgroup.c
--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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